5 cafés in 3 citys. Places change: check opening hours before you go.
Opened in 1874, the Grand Café was where Henrik Ibsen ate lunch every day, and Amundsen, Nansen, Hamsun and the Kristiania bohemians gathered here. A restoration kept the Thonet chairs, Lars Backer's ceilings and three Per Krohg paintings.
Order: Coffee and a pastry · Breakfast buffet
💡 Non-residents can come for the breakfast buffet (about 450 kr).
Bergen's specialty coffee bar near the Korskirken church, ranked No. 59 in Europe on the 2026 World's 100 Best Coffee Shops list.
Order: Filter · Espresso
💡 A short walk up from Bryggen and the fish market.
Fewer recent sources for this one: check it's open before you go.
Founded as Kaffefuglen in 1963, Fuglen took its short name after new owners arrived in 2008 and added cocktails and vintage design sales in 2010. Most of the 1950s and 60s Norwegian furniture is for sale, and the brand has since spread to Tokyo, Seoul and Jakarta.
Order: Filter · Evening cocktail
💡 Ask about the price tag on the chair you're sitting in.
Tim Wendelboe won the World Barista Championship in 2004 and opened his espresso bar and roastery in Grünerløkka in 2007. He also owns a coffee farm, Finca El Suelo, in Huila, Colombia. The café was ranked No. 1 in Europe on the 2026 World's 100 Best Coffee Shops list.
Order: Filter of a light-roast single origin · Espresso
💡 Weekend hours are shorter (11am–5pm).
A Trondheim micro-roastery that roasts light in small batches on a restored 1990s roaster, with its own coffee bar.
Order: Filter · Cinnamon bun
Fewer recent sources for this one: check it's open before you go.